MessageToEagle.com – On March 23, 2001, the Russian space station “Mir” ceased to exist. After floating in space for 15 years, Russian mission control fired engines on a rocket

MessageToEagle.com – Tristan da Cunha is a 38-square-mile volcanic outpost and the remotest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It’s situated 1,510 miles southwest of

MessageToEagle.com – Astronomers have observed an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from earth that boasts the most eccentric orbit yet seen. A team led by San Francisco State University

MessageToEagle.com – On 22 March 871, the Battle of Marton (or Meretum) was fought at a place recorded as Marton, possibly in Wiltshire or Dorset, England. Alfred the Great (849-899),

MessageToEagle.com – When the shoreline receded during the 2004 tsunami, tourists in Mamallapuram swore they saw a long row of granite boulders emerge from the sea, before it was

MessageToEagle.com – A remarkable archaeological discovery in a Co. Clare cave has pushed back the date of human existence in Ireland by 2,500 years. This discovery re-writes Irish archaeology

MessageToEagle.com – An amateur archaeologist in Denmark has made the discovery of his life. While searching for ancient artifacts with his metal detector he came across a beautiful, small

MessageToEagle.com – In the Skaelinger Valley on Iceland there are several very unusual hollow pillars. According to local legends the rock pillars were fоrmеd bу аngrу trolls thrоwing thеm

MessageToEagle.com –  On March 21, 1916, Frank James Marshall (1877-1944) played 105 boards simultaneously during an exhibition held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have made an exciting discovery on the Plain of Jars and now hope to solve one of Southeast Asia’s great ancient mysteries. The Plain of Jars

MessageToEagle.com – During excavations at the Cantalouette site in southwestern France , archaeologists have discovered a 35,000 – 31,000-year old Aurignacian art object. This object, depicting a bird, contributes

MessageToEagle.com – About 1,000-year-old small gilt bronze buckle that once held a petticoat together has been found buried with a woman in a Viking grave in Enghøj in west Denmark.

MessageToEagle.com – Prehistoric stone circles keep many secrets and fascinate ordinary people and researchers. One of the circles that has long been a puzzle, is located about 37 km

MessageToEagle.com – Hnefatafl or tafl was an ancient Viking board game that became very popular in medieval Scandinavia. The board game was played by the Vikings as early as 400

MessageToEagle.com – On March 20, 1916, Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) submitted his “Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity” for publication in the journal   ‘Annals of Physics’ (Annelen Der

MessageToEagle.com – Stone of Destiny is more popularly known as the Stone of Scone. It is an enigmatic block of sandstone, which was used for centuries in the coronation

MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists excavating near Varnhem Abbey in Sweden have uncovered several unique skeletons. The bones include remains of two children, a six year old and a one

MessageToEagle.com – On March 19, 1697, Tsar Peter the Great left Moscow to travel to Western Europe. He was the first Tsar to leave his country in peacetime and ‘opened a

MessageToEagle.com – King Henry VIII is today often remembered for his many marriages. He also played a critical role in the English Reformation, turning his country into a Protestant

MessageToEagle.com – Very little is known about England’s oldest printed Bible. It was published 1535 by King Henry VIII’s printer. There are only seven surviving copies and one of

MessageTo Eagle.com – On March 18 (or 19), 1314, Jacques de Molay, last grand master of the Knights Templars, an order of knighthood founded during the Crusades,  was burned at the stake.

MessageToEagle.com – A large number of skeletons More than 100 skeletons, along with swords, spears and other possessions have been unearthed at the site in Pocklington, east Yorkshire. Archaeologists

MessageToEagle.com  – An ancient legend tells King Erik died a dramatic death in battle outside the church in Uppsala, Sweden, where he had just celebrated mass. Much of his

MessageToEagle.com – Radar Survey suggests 90pct chance another tomb behind Tutankhamun’s burial chamber  The Japanese radar survey that suggests the existence of additional chambers behind the north and west

MessageToEagle.com – On March 17, 1880, Captain Lawrence “Titus” Oates, an English cavalry officer with the 6th Dragoons, and later an Antarctic explorer, was born in London. He died